[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1888 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 1888

     To add Native American members to the Advisory Commission on 
          Intergovernmental Relations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 1995

Mr. Richardson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
     To add Native American members to the Advisory Commission on 
          Intergovernmental Relations, and for other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ADDITION OF NATIVE AMERICANS TO ADVISORY COMMISSION ON 
              INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.

    (a) Purpose.--Section 2(1) of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
establish an Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations'' (42 
U.S.C. 4272) is amended by striking ``and local'' and inserting 
``local, and tribal''.
    (b) Membership on Commission.--Section 3 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
4273) is amended--
            (1) In subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``twenty-six'' and inserting 
                ``thirty'';
                    (B) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
                (6);
                    (C) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
                (7) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (D) by adding the following at the end:
    ``(8) Four appointed by the President from a panel of at least 
eight elected American Indian or Alaska Native tribal officials, of 
which at least four of such panel are submitted by the Committee on 
Resources of the House of Representatives and four of such panel are 
submitted by the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by inserting before the period at 
        the end the following: ``; of each class of members enumerated 
        in paragraph (8) of subsection (a) of this section, not more 
        than two shall be from any one political party and not more 
        than one shall be from any one State.''.
    (c) Quorum.--Section 4(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4274(e)) is 
amended by striking ``Thirteen'' and inserting ``Sixteen''.
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